@DominicGilbert

Principal Data Journalist @ONS. Formerly @Telegraph | @BBC | @EDP24 | @swindonadver | @CardiffJomec. [email protected]

 Brighton, England
Joined April 2010
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🚨We're hiring!🚨 @ONS is looking for a data journalist to create impactful new articles and tools using our statistics With a new website platform in design and content transformation underway, it's an exciting time to join! Apply here by Jan 28 civilservicejobs.service.gov…
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Very saddened to hear my old tutor @CardiffJomec David English has died. He gave us all an incredible work ethic with his infamous red pen and blistering news quizzes. Once you passed his tests you know you'd make it. A proper journalist, will be very missed.
Glyn Mottershead@glynmottershead20 Feb 2024
Just heard my former ⁦@CardiffJomec⁩ colleague David English has died. I worked with him from 2006 to his retirement, a man who could wield a red pen and a joke with aplomb. He had a major influence on those who studied with him. He will be missed. theguardian.com/media-networ…

Meet the man who has trained more British journalists than anyone else

After 38 years, David English is about to step down from his role at Cardiff’s School of Journalism. Here he takes a look back at journalism over the last four decades

theguardian.com
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NEW: income inequality in US & UK is so wide that while the richest are very well off, the poorest have a worse standard of living than the poorest in countries like Slovenia ft.com/content/ef265420-45e8… Essentially, US & UK are poor societies with some very rich people. A thread:
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The percentage of the population aged 65 years and over was higher in Wales (21.3%) than in England (18.4%) in 2021. Meanwhile, London had the largest percentage of people aged between 15 and 64 years (70.0%) ow.ly/zQAL50JJniR
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The owner of an Old Kent Road restaurant was prosecuted & fined £1760 over a Nov '20 'leaving do' "The only reason I did it was for a member of staff", he told the police The owner appears to have been in his office while others partied, but he was held responsible #Partygate
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We’ve also looked at #COVID19 vaccination and mortality in young people. To date, there’s no evidence of change in the risk of cardiac-related death or death from any cause after vaccination in young people (aged 12-29) in England ow.ly/9pGL50IoZ9Y xitter.cf/ONS/status/15062017759…
Bar chart with following title: There was no change in the risk of cardiac death in the risk period after vaccination among those aged 12 to 29 years

ALT Bar chart with following title: There was no change in the risk of cardiac death in the risk period after vaccination among those aged 12 to 29 years

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@ONS22 Mar 2022
The total number of excess deaths, due to all causes, registered in England and Wales between March 2020 and December 2021 was 133,623. ▪️81,885 were males ▪️and 51,737 females ➡️ow.ly/cz6I50IoYZW
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22.8% of total deaths (all ages) were considered avoidable in Great Britain in 2020. That’s 153,008 deaths out of 672,015 ow.ly/PosN50Ibral
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While the #COVID19 pandemic and the UK’s exit from the EU has affected people’s decisions to work in the UK, there have been differences between industries with some having experienced growth and others decline ow.ly/YGRS50I6GQ9
Bar chart with following title: As of June 2021, payrolled employments of EU nationals were still below June 2019 levels for many industries, whereas those of non-EU nationals had mostly increased and subtitle: Percentage change in payrolled employments between June 2019 and June 2021 by industry and nationality, UK

ALT Bar chart with following title: As of June 2021, payrolled employments of EU nationals were still below June 2019 levels for many industries, whereas those of non-EU nationals had mostly increased and subtitle: Percentage change in payrolled employments between June 2019 and June 2021 by industry and nationality, UK

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Simon Evans@DrSimEvans1 Feb 2022
This @ONS article sets out clearly why UK energy bills are going up (due to high gas prices) and, crucially, how the poorest and least efficient homes will be hardest hit ons.gov.uk/economy/inflation…
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As the cost of living rises for households across Great Britain, growing energy prices are disproportionately impacting those on lower incomes 📈 Our latest article explores the impact of rising living costs in more detail ➡️ow.ly/qHag50HJ0O5
Promo graphic text: How are rising energy prices impacting households across Great Britain? Read our article

ALT Promo graphic text: How are rising energy prices impacting households across Great Britain? Read our article

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Wealth is unevenly distributed between individuals in Great Britain. The wealthiest 10% hold around half of all wealth, primarily in the form of private pensions and property ow.ly/nvoH50HpjOQ
Chart title: The wealthiest 10% of individuals hold almost half of all wealth

ALT Chart title: The wealthiest 10% of individuals hold almost half of all wealth

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An estimated 1 in 15 people in England had COVID-19 in the week to New Year's Eve - rising to 1 in 10 in London. While infections are so high @ONS is providing estimates a couple of days early (subject to revision). ons.gov.uk/peoplepopulationa…
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Nordic countries have consistently had low levels of cumulative excess mortality since the start of 2020, despite the #COVID19 pandemic ow.ly/mZAS50GQBJU
While many central European countries have been hardest hit by the pandemic to date, most Nordic countries escaped with lower than expected relative cumulative excess mortality despite the pandemic

ALT While many central European countries have been hardest hit by the pandemic to date, most Nordic countries escaped with lower than expected relative cumulative excess mortality despite the pandemic

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